Paris 1000 km race in 1971

Wyer-Automotive-Porsche 917K

Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3

The eleventh 1000 km race in Paris , also 1000 Kilometres de Paris, Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry , took place on October 17, 1971 at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry . The race was the 14th round of the French Circuit Championship this year.

The race

For the team of John Wyer was World Sportscar Championship in 1971 run highly successful. The Porsche 917K fielded by the team celebrated five victories of the season and thus remained successful in half of the championship races. At the end of the 1971 season, however, the special regulation for five-liter sports cars expired. As of the 1972 sports car with a 5-liter engine as the Porsche 917, which were Ferrari 512 , the Lola T70 or the Ford GT40 not for the World Sportscar Championship the FIA admitted. For Wyer, this also meant the end of the collaboration with Porsche .

The Wyer team used the 1000 km race in Paris as the conclusion of the successful partnership. Chassis # 034 => 013 was selected as the vehicle. This year, this car has already won the Daytona 24-hour race , the Monza 1000 km race and the Zeltweg 1000 km race . The car was driven by Derek Bell and Gijs van Lennep . Two other Porsche 917s were Spyder. One, driven by Gérard Larrousse and Leo Kinnunen , was reported by a Finnish team. The second Spyder that a German team brought to Montlhéry was driven by Helmut Marko and Michael Weber .

The fastest training time was achieved by Helmut Marko in the 917 Spyder, which achieved a time of 2: 30.500 minutes. He was 0.2 seconds faster than Jean-Pierre Beltoise in the Matra-Simca MS660 . From the formation lap came Henri Pescarolo , the one Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3 went to walk back. On the wet road, he lost control of the car and was unable to continue driving after an accident. At the beginning, Beltoise dominated the race in the Matra. After the first lap, he was seven seconds ahead of the competition. The Frenchman was able to extend his lead up to 27 seconds, then the track dried up and the Porsches were able to catch up.

On the now dry road, Marko took the lead in the Spyder, which he held until it failed due to an overheated engine. Chris Amon retired from the Matra after a gearbox failure, after Beltoise had fallen far behind after a collision. At the end of the race the Wyer-Porsche had a comfortable lead of five laps over the Spyder by Larrousse and Kinnunen.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	4th	JW Automotive	Derek Bell Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 917K	128
2	Size 6th	3	AAW	Gérard Larrousse Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 917 Spyder	123
3	Size 6th	9	Charles Pozzi	Jean-Claude Andruet Claude Ballot-Léna	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	112
4th	Size 6th	20th		Claude Swietlik Gilbert Salles	Lola T210	110
5	Size 4th	39		Erwin Kremer Günther Huber	Porsche 911S 2.4	109
6th	Size 4th	31		Björn Waldegård Pierre Mauroy	Porsche 911S 2.4	109
7th	Size 4th	29		Claude Haldi Paul Keller	Porsche 911S 2.4	108
8th	Size 6th	24	Brian Martin Developments	Brian Martin Martin Raymond	Martin BM8	104
9	Size 4th	36		Jean-Claude Guérie Bernard Chenevière	Porsche 911S 2.4	102
10	Size 4th	38		Raymond Touroul André Anselme	Porsche 911S 2.4	102
11	Size 5	22nd		Brian Robinson Jean-Louis Lafosse	Chevron B16	95
12	Size 5	18th	Mike Coombe	Mike Coombe Pierre-François Rousselot	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	95
13	Size 5	25th		Tony Birchenhough Brian Joscelyne	Chevron
Disqualified
14th	Size 6th	15th	DART	Bob Wollek John Burton	Chevron B19	91
15th	Size 5	23		Roger Heavens Mike Garton	Chevron B16
Failed
16	Size 6th	10	Matra Sports	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Chris Amon	Matra-Simca MS660	82
17th	Size 4th	37		Jacky Dechaumel Jean-Claude Parot	Porsche 911S
18th	Size 6th	27		Michel Dupont Jean-Pierre Bodin	Chevron B19
19th	Size 6th	5	Gesipa	Helmut Marko Michel Weber	Porsche 917 Spyder	61
20th	Size 5	6th	Escuderia Montjuich	Jean-Pierre Jabouille José Juncadella	Ferrari 512M	53
21st	Size 6th	16	Red rose	John Lepp John Hine	Chevron B19
22nd	Size 4th	30th		Aake Andersson Jürgen Barth	Porsche 911S 2.4
23	Size 6th	26th	Tom Clapham	François Migault Jean-Claude Guenard	Taydec Mk.3
24	Size 6th	2	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette Gustave Gosselin	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT
25th	Size 4th	1	Greder Racing	Henri Greder Marie-Claude Charmasson	Chevrolet Corvette 427
26th	Size 6th	21st		Peter Hanson Bob Howlings	Lola T210
27	Size 6th	19th		Alain Finkel Alain Serpaggi	Lola T212
28	Size 6th	14th	Red rose	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud John Bridges	Chevron B19
29	Size 6th	11	André Wicky	André Wicky Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 908/02
30th	Size 6th	17th		John Bamford Peter Creasey	Chevron B19
31	Size 5	7th	Gelo Racing Team	Georg Loos Franz Pesch	Ferrari 512M
32	Size 5	8th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Mario Casoni Marsilio Pasotti	Ferrari 512M
Not started
33	Size 6th	12	Autodelta	Henri Pescarolo Rolf Stommelen	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	1
34	Size 4th	35		Günter Steckkönig Dieter Schmid	Porsche 911S 2.4	2
35	Size 4th	28	Squadra Tartaruga	Ernst Seiler Dieter Spoerry	Porsche 914/6	3
36	Size 4th	32		Jean-Claude Lagniez Jean Égreteaud	Porsche 911S	4th
37	Size 4th	34		Guy Verrier Garal	Porsche 911S	5

¹ Accident in the initial lap ² not started ³ not qualified ⁴ not qualified ⁵ not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you can find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race, but did not take part for various reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
38	Size 6th		Autodelta		Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 6th	Gérard Larrousse	Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 917 Spyder	Rank 2
Size 5	Derek Bell	Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 917K	Overall victory
Size 4th	Erwin Kremer	Günther Huber	Porsche 911S 2.4	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 38
• Started: 32
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: rain again and again
• Route length: 7.856 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 14: 22.800 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 128
• Total distance of the winning team: 1005.568 km
• Winner's average: 161.177 km / h
• Pole position: Helmut Marko - Porsche 917 Spyder (# 5) - 2: 30.300
• Fastest race lap: Helmut Marko - Porsche 917 Spyder (# 5) - 2: 30.500
• Racing series: Round 14 of the French Circuit Championship in 1971

literature

• Peter Higham: International Motor Racing - A Complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car . Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Information about the race (French)
• Results at Racing Sports Cars